Although the grim days of the COVID-19 pandemic have carried into the beginning of my third year at Osgoode, my acceptance into Osgoode’s Intellectual Property and Technology Intensive Program has…
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Music, Copyright Law and Everything In-Between: A Semester at SOCAN
Before coming to law school, I majored in music. I had been playing the piano for over 10 years by the time I started my undergraduate studies so integrating music…
IP Intensive: A semester at the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (“SOCAN”)
When I first learned about IP Osgoode’s Intellectual Property Law & Technology Intensive Program (“IP Intensive”), it was my first week of law school. The pamphlet I picked up from…
IP Intensive: Learning the Value of Experiential Education at SOCAN
When I first learned of Osgoode’s Intellectual Property Law & Technology Intensive Program (“IP Intensive”) I was in the process of applying to law school. At that time, the IP…
IP Intensive: From Tariffs to Bouncy Castles—A Semester at SOCAN
As part of IP Osgoode’s Intellectual Property Law and Technology Intensive Program, students are asked to reflect, then write on their placement experience. All I could think was how perfect…
Not-So-Compulsory Licence: a Proposed (and Rejected) Solution to Copyright Infringement in Derivative Musical Works
In a recent MTV news article, author Miles Raymer opined over the “hopelessly broken” state of the US copyright system. While such a sweeping statement clearly oversimplifies the state of…